Number of Processes VS. Number of Running Processes

[bdowns]

What is the difference between "Number of Processes" and "Number of Running Processes"?

[vikty]

Number of processes is the total number of all the processes STARTED.

Number of running processes is the number of all the processes in RUNNING STATE.
(the number of processes that use the resource CPU).

[bdowns]

Thank you very much. I appreciate the fast response.